Trial to use cleaner aviation fuel in Singapore to begin in 2022
SINGAPORE – The aviation industry in Singapore is piloting the use of cleaner fuels in planes next year. The trial to use lower-carbon [...]
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100-seat electric plane will be ready by 2027, says US startup
LOS ANGELES (BLOOMBERG) – An all-electric plane capable of carrying 100 people may be available within six years, significantly accelerating the timeline for [...]
Travellers more frustrated with flight, border restrictions: Iata survey
SINGAPORE – Air travellers are increasingly frustrated with Covid-19 travel restrictions, with most feeling that country borders should be opened now and travel [...]
First flight carrying travellers from Germany vaccinated against Covid-19 to land in S'pore on Sept 8
SINGAPORE – A pilot travel scheme to allow travellers vaccinated against Covid-19 to enter Singapore without quarantine will take off as planned on Wednesday [...]
US weighs 2050 target in bid to wean airlines off fossil fuels
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Joe Biden’s administration is quietly discussing a target date of 2050 for weaning aircraft off fossil fuels as [...]
SIA, Scoot crew return to the skies as tentative recovery continues
SINGAPORE – Nine in 10 Singapore Airlines Group pilots and eight in 10 cabin crew are back in the skies, flying at least [...]
Durian Pilots take off as four airline captains start business in S'pore to ride out Covid-19 pandemic
SINGAPORE – Four airline captains experienced their longest turbulence ever when the Covid-19 pandemic hit the airline industry in 2020. Their year-long bumpy [...]
Bankers see private-jet 'party' as rich clients snap up planes
WASHINGTON (BLOOMBERG) – The coronavirus pandemic has created an overhang of pent-up travel demand and left unspent money burning holes in the pockets [...]
Air travel will bounce back strongly by 2023: Iata
SINGAPORE – Global air travel will bounce back strongly by 2023 as countries roll out Covid-19 vaccines and learn to manage the pandemic, [...]
Business class in flights opens to masses as affordable refuge from Covid-19
NEW YORK (BLOOMBERG) – Business class was that silent and spacious sanctuary for the well-heeled, at least until the pandemic destroyed global aviation. [...]